Wild Horses in USA

Guest article by Arlene Gawne Why is the US Government Not Considering Options? Ah, the BLM, as usual busy destroying horses‘ lives and human jobs. On October 15th 2010, a BLM contractor helicopter drove a frightened young, wild foal so relentlessly that the foal broke a leg, wranglers shot him and hauled his mother away for adoption or a lifetime holding pen. Local people … [Read more...] about USA: Oct 25, 2010 – Straight from the Horse’s Heart: An EcoTour for the Dead Foal from Colorado

(In My Humble Opinion) by R.T. Fitch ~ author of “Straight from the Horse’s Heart“ Fight to Save our Wild Horses Progresses It’s been a tough month for Wild Horse Advocates, even tougher for the horses.  Months of legal planning had been mapped out by the HfH Advisory Council in an effort to stop four, specifically targeted BLM roundups from occurring.  Two of those were … [Read more...] about USA: Oct 24, 2010 – Straight from the Horse’s Heart: One Little Foal Step at a Time

Analysis by Laura Allen of Animal Law Coalition U.S. District Judge William H. Pauley, III, sitting in the Eastern District of New York, observed in his ruling on October 21, 2010 that “the Court is accustomed to dealing with bulls and bears on Wall Street, [but] this case turns its attention westward to wild horses in Colorado”. Continue Reading … [Read more...] about USA: Oct 23, 2010 – Straight from the Horse’s Heart: NYC Judge Certified Destruction of Colorado Wild Horse Herd

Joint Press Release from ASPCA, Habitat for Horses, the Cloud Foundation and the HfH Advisory Council BLM Moves Forward to Zero Out Wild Horse Herd NEW YORK-The ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®), along with Habitat for Horses, the Cloud Foundation, and Dr. Don and Toni Moore, today responded to a federal judge’s ruling that declined to … [Read more...] about USA: Oct 22, 2010 – Straight from the Horse’s Heart: Animal Welfare Groups Respond to Federal Ruling that Fails to Protect Colorado Wild Horse Herd

Guest Column by Lisa LeBlanc ~ HfH Advisory Council Lead Research Specialist It has become glaringly apparent, particularly to the interested public over the past year, that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), under the auspices of the Department of Interior (DOI), keeps and considers no one’s council but its own. Continue Reading … [Read more...] about USA: Oct 22, 2010 – Straight from the Horse’s Heart: Scientific Integrity – So Ordered by the Court